Dr Molly McCarthy

STAFF PROFILE

Position

DECRA Senior Research Fellow

Faculty

Faculty of Arts and Education

Department

Alfred Deakin Institute

Campus

Melbourne Burwood Campus

Contact

Publications

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2024

Empowering the police during COVID-19: How do normative and instrumental factors impact public willingness to support expanded police powers?

E Sargeant, M McCarthy, H Williamson, K Murphy

(2024), Vol. 24, pp. 20-38, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Thousand Oaks, CA., C1-1

journal article
2023

Linked Administrative Data: Providing Unique Solutions to Key Challenges in Developmental and Life-Course Criminology

C Thompson, E Hurren, M McCarthy, J Ogilvie, T Allard, S Tzoumakis, S Dennison

(2023), pp. 9-19, Frontiers in Developmental and Life-Course Criminology: Methodological Innovation and Social Benefit, London, Eng., B1

book chapter

Confirming or resisting the 'racist cop' stereotype?: the importance of a police officer's 'guardian' identity in moderating support for procedural justice

K Murphy, M McCarthy

(2023), Vol. 29, pp. 1031-1053, Psychology, Crime and Law, Oxford, Eng., C1-1

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The Influence of Guardian and Warrior Police Orientations on Australian Officers' Use of Force Attitudes and Tactical Decision-Making

M McCarthy, K McLean, G Alpert

(2023), pp. 1-26, Police Quarterly, London, Eng., C1-1

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The Formal-Informal Control Nexus During COVID-19: What Drives Informal Social Control of Social Distancing Restrictions During Lockdown?

Elise Sargeant, Kristina Murphy, Molly McCarthy, Harley Williamson

(2023), Vol. 69, pp. 707-726, Crime and delinquency, London, Eng., C1-1

journal article
2022

Exploring trajectories of offender harm: An alternative approach to understanding offending pathways over the life-course

M McCarthy, J Ogilvie, T Allard

(2022), Vol. 82, pp. 1-18, Journal of Criminal Justice, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1

journal article

The role of bounded-authority concerns in shaping citizens' duty to obey authorities during COVID-19

H Williamson, K Murphy, E Sargeant, M McCarthy

(2022), Vol. 45, pp. 169-185, Policing, Bingley, Eng., C1-1

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Examining the relationship between conspiracy theories and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: A mediating role for perceived health threats, trust, and anomie?

M McCarthy, K Murphy, E Sargeant, H Williamson

(2022), Vol. 22, pp. 106-129, Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, London, Eng., C1-1

journal article

COVID-19 Conspiracies, Trust in Authorities, and Duty to Comply with Social Distancing Restrictions

Kristina Murphy, Molly McCarthy, Elise Sargeant, Harley Williamson

(2022), Vol. 2, pp. 44-58, International Criminology, Berlin, Germany, C1-1

journal article
2021

Advancing police use of force research and practice: urgent issues and prospects

C Bennell, G Alpert, J Andersen, J Arpaia, J Huhta, K Kahn, A Khanizadeh, M McCarthy, K McLean, R Mitchell, A Nieuwenhuys, A Palmer, M White

(2021), Vol. 26, pp. 121-144, Legal and Criminological Psychology, London, Eng., C1-1

journal article

The Threat of Appearing Racist: Stereotype Threat and Support for Coercion Among Australian Police Officers

M Mccarthy, R Trinkner, P Atiba Goff

(2021), Vol. 48, pp. 776-790, Criminal Justice and Behavior, London, Eng., C1-1

journal article

How Universal is the Youth Crime Drop? Disentangling Recent Trends in Youth Offending through a Socio-Economic Lens

M McCarthy

(2021), Vol. 16, pp. 796-818, Victims and Offenders, London, Eng., C1-1

journal article

Initial impacts of COVID-19 on youth offending: An exploration of differences across communities

M McCarthy, J Homel, J Ogilvie, T Allard

(2021), Vol. 54, pp. 323-343, Journal of Criminology, London, Eng., C1-1

journal article

The role of social distance in the relationship between police-community engagement and police coercion

M McCarthy, L Porter, M Townsley, G Alpert

(2021), Vol. 31, pp. 434-453, Policing and Society, London, Eng., C1-1

journal article

Policing COVID-19 physical distancing measures: managing defiance and fostering compliance among individuals least likely to comply

M McCarthy, K Murphy, E Sargeant, H Williamson

(2021), Vol. 31, pp. 601-620, Policing & Society, London, Eng., C1-1

journal article

The Economic Cost of Child and Adolescent Bullying in Australia

A Jadambaa, D Brain, R Pacella, H Thomas, M McCarthy, J Scott, N Graves

(2021), Vol. 60, pp. 367-376, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, E1

conference
2020

Who benefits most? Predicting the effectiveness of a social and emotional learning intervention according to children's emotional and behavioural difficulties

A Carroll, S Houghton, K Forrest, M McCarthy, E Sanders-O’Connor

(2020), Vol. 41, pp. 197-217, School Psychology International, London, Eng., C1-1

journal article

Evaluating the effectiveness of KooLKIDS: An interactive social emotional learning program for Australian primary school children

A Carroll, M McCarthy, S Houghton, E Sanders O'Connor

(2020), Vol. 57, pp. 851-867, Psychology in the Schools, London, Eng., C1-1

journal article

Why people comply with COVID-19 social distancing restrictions: Self-interest or duty?

K Murphy, H Williamson, E Sargeant, M McCarthy

(2020), Vol. 53, pp. 477-496, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, London, Eng., C1-1

journal article

The costs of Indigenous and non-Indigenous offender trajectories

T Allard, M McCarthy, A Stewart

(2020), Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, Canberra, A.C.T., C1

journal article
2019

Changes in science attitudes, beliefs, knowledge and physiological arousal after implementation of a multimodal, cooperative intervention in primary school science classes

A Carroll, R Gillies, R Cunnington, M McCarthy, C Sherwell, K Palghat, F Goh, B Baffour, A Bourgeois, M Rafter, T Seary

(2019), Vol. 120, pp. 409-425, Information and Learning Science, Bingley, Eng., C1-1

journal article

A Typology of Citizen Presentations in Police Use of Force Events: Are There Ecological Drivers?

M McCarthy, L Porter, M Townsley, G Alpert

(2019), Vol. 22, pp. 360-387, Police Quarterly (PQ), London, Eng., C1-1

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Influence of community characteristics on serious police use of force events in an Australian policing jurisdiction: a test of minority threat, social disorganisation, and ecological contamination theories

M McCarthy, L Porter, M Townsley, G Alpert

(2019), Vol. 29, pp. 1091-1108, Policing and Society, London, Eng., C1-1

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The effect of community-oriented policing on police use of force: does community matter?

M McCarthy, L Porter, M Townsley, G Alpert

(2019), Vol. 42, pp. 556-570, Policing: An International Journal, Bingley, Eng., C1-1

journal article
2018

Reactive and proactive aggression as meaningful distinctions at the variable and person level in primary school‐aged children

Annemaree Carroll, Molly McCarthy, Stephen Houghton, Emma Sanders O'Connor, Corinne Zadow

(2018), Vol. 44, pp. 431-441, Aggressive Behavior, London, Eng., C1

journal article
2016

The lifetime economic and social costs of child maltreatment in Australia

M McCarthy, P Taylor, R Norman, L Pezzullo, J Tucci, C Goddard

(2016), Vol. 71, pp. 217-226, Children and Youth Services Review, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1

journal article
2015

Burden attributable to child maltreatment in Australia

S Moore, J Scott, A Ferrari, R Mills, M Dunne, H Erskine, K Devries, L Degenhardt, T Vos, H Whiteford, M McCarthy, R Norman

(2015), Vol. 48, pp. 208-220, Child Abuse and Neglect, England, C1-1

journal article
2013

Density of tobacco retail outlets near schools and smoking behaviour among secondary school students

M Scully, M McCarthy, M Zacher, C Warne, M Wakefield, V White

(2013), Vol. 37, pp. 574-578, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Melbourne, Vic., C1-1

journal article
2011

Price discounting of cigarettes in milk bars near secondary schools occurs more frequently in areas with greater socioeconomic disadvantage

Molly McCarthy, Maree Scully, Melanie Wakefield

(2011), Vol. 35, pp. 71-74, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, United States, C1-1

journal article
2010

Smoker sensitivity to retail tobacco displays and quitting: a cohort study

Daniella Germain, Molly McCarthy, Melanie Wakefield

(2010), Vol. 105, pp. 159-163, Addiction, England, C1-1

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Urinary catecholamine levels and response to group cognitive behaviour therapy in depression

T Oei, G Dingle, M McCarthy

(2010), Vol. 38, pp. 479-483, Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, United States, C1-1

journal article
2007

Impact of advanced cardiac life support-skilled paramedics on survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in a statewide emergency medical service

J Woodall, M McCarthy, T Johnston, V Tippett, R Bonham

(2007), Vol. 24, pp. 134-138, Emergency Medicine Journal, England, C1-1

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The development and validation of the Indigenous Risk Impact Screen (IRIS): A 13-item screening instrument for alcohol and drug and mental health risk

C Schlesinger, C Ober, M McCarthy, J Watson, A Seinen

(2007), Vol. 26, pp. 109-117, Drug and Alcohol Review, Australia, C1-1

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Funded Projects at Deakin

Australian Competitive Grants

Contemporary social and environmental risks for youth offending

Dr Molly McCarthy

ARC DECRA - Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

  • 2024: $58,384

Supervisions

No completed student supervisions to report